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Date: 1923 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Photograph of James Britton Cranfill. 1923. James Britton Cranfill was born in Parker County, Texas on September 12, 1858. He earned his MD and LLD, but spent most of his life as Texas Baptist editor, publisher and writer. He was the founder and editor of The Texas Baptist Standard (1892-1904), a... -
Date: 1923 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Photograph of Annie Luther Bagby. 1923. Annie Luther Bagby, born in 1859, was the first Texas foreign missionary. She married William B. Bagby, who became the second foreign missionary. Beginning in 1881, they served as missionaries with the Foreign Missionary Board of the Southern Baptist Conven... -
Date: 1923 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Photograph of Norman Wade Cox. 1923. On October 28, 1888, Norman Wade Cox was born in Climax, Georgia. He was converted in 1902 and ordained on October 28, 1910. While attending Mercer University, from which he graduated in 1914, Cox pastored several area churches. After graduating, he attende... -
Date: 1923 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Photograph of Amzi Clarence Dixon. 1923. On July 6, 1854 Amzi Clarence Dixon was born in Shelby, North Carolina. He graduated from Wake Forest College at the age of nineteen. During his senior year there he was called to preach. He pastored two country churches before entering Southern Baptist... -
Date: 1923 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Photograph of Henry Allen Tupper. 1923. Henry Allen Tupper was born in Georgia on June 26, 1856. He was a student at the University of Virginia, Richmond, before graduating from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1879. Tupper was ordained the same year. He served in numerous pulpits over... -
Date: 1923 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Photograph of Bernard Washington Spilman. 1923. On January 22, 1871, Bernard Washington Spilman was born in Weldon, North Carolina. He was baptized in 1883, licensed to preach in 1887, and ordained in 1891. He graduated form Wake Forest College in 1891. After entering Southern Baptist Theologi... -
Date: 1923 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Photograph of John Roach Straton. 1923. On April 6, 1875, John Roach Straton was born in Evansville, Indiana. He was converted in 1892. In 1898 he graduated from Mercer University. He was ordained in 1900, the same year he entered Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. In 1903 Straton became ... -
Date: 1923 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Photograph of Monroe Elmon Dodd. 1923. Monroe Elmon Dodd was born in Brazil, Tennessee, on September 8, 1878. He was ordained in April 1902, while a student at Union University, from which he graduated in 1904. Later in life he would receive three D.D. degrees: from Clinton College in 1908, fr... -
Date: 1923 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Photograph of Manson Horatio Wolfe. 1923. Manson Horatio Wolfe was born in Wolfe City, TX on December 10, 1866. He was a cotton exporter and banker. He served as the Vice President of the Southern Baptist Convention and the Director of the Baptist General Convention of Texas. (bio taken from page... -
Date: 1923 Contributing Institution: Mercer University Atlanta Monroe F. Swilley Jr. Library Description: Photograph of Robert Taylor Hanks. 1923. On April 23, 1850, Robert Taylor Hanks was born in Olney, Alabama. At 21 he moved to Dalton, Georgia, to study law. There, however, he was licensed to preach and soon left for Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, then at Greenville, South Carolina. He...